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#BBDA0C — Vivid Yellow

#BBDA0C is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #BBDA0C when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BBDA0C is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #2A0BDA; it also sits naturally between #DA920B and #54DA0B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBDA0C · RGB 187, 218, 12

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Color values

HEX#BBDA0C
RGB187, 218, 12
HSL69°, 90%, 45%
HSV69°, 94%, 85%
CMYK14%, 0%, 94%, 15%
XYZ45.63, 60.73, 9.67
Yxy60.73, 0.3933, 0.5234
CIE-Lab82.24, -31.92, 80.15
Hunter Lab77.93, -28.14, 44.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 85% · Blue 5%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 94% · Key 15%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BBDA0C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBDA0C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBDA0C

.text { color: #BBDA0C; }
.background { background-color: #BBDA0C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBDA0C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 218, 12); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(69, 90%, 45%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBDA0C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 218, 12, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBDA0C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 218, 12, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBDA0C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBDA0C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBDA0C

#AAC70A#9AB309#89A008#798D07#687906#536105#434E04#323A03#212702#111301

Tints of #BBDA0C

#D0F20D#D5F425#D9F53D#DEF655#E4F872#E8F98B#EDFAA3#F2FBBB#F7FDD3#FBFEEC

Tones of #BBDA0C

#B1CB1A#A6BC29#9CAD38#92A046#889155#7D8264

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2A0BDA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.60:1 Fails
Against black text13.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBDA0C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBDA0C

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BBDA0C: ·

How #BBDA0C looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #C8C93EDeuteranopia · #C7C44ATritanopia · #BD656E

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBDA0C rather than the exact color:

Palette 499a13
#499A13 · #BBDC12 · #8ECA3C · #276F27
Royal Cascade
#2D13C1 · #6637EB · #BEDB16 · #E7F0A6
Palette 78c841
#78C841 · #B4E50D · #FF9B2F · #FB4141
Vintage Orchard
#B3CB17 · #E8EF72 · #3E25E6 · #B2A0EE
Tender Orchard
#A81D4A · #DF462A · #C78311 · #B7CA1A
Palette Da1212
#DA1212 · #F08C00 · #C6DA20 · #F3F5D5

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BBDC12#BEDB16#B4E50D#B3CB17#B7CA1A#C6DA20#C5D21F#B8CF20#CEE415#B5E720#A4DD00#A4CE0F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBDA0B  ·  #BBDA0D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBDA0C?

#BBDA0C is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 187, 218, 12). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBDA0C?

#BBDA0C is RGB 187, 218, 12 — HSL 69°, 90%, 45% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 94%, 15%.

What colors go with #BBDA0C?

Its complement is #2A0BDA; analogous partners are #DA920B and #54DA0B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBDA0C for text?

Black text on #BBDA0C has a contrast ratio of 13.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.60:1.